John MacGregor, Agriculture Minister 1987-89 was meanwhile attacked for covering up the fact that experts were advising their concern of BSE-infected meat entering the human food chain.

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"I see no reason why fares should increase faster under the new system than they do under the present nationalised industry structure, " Transport Secretary John MacGregor told the House of Commons in February 1993.

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In January 1994 the then Transport Secretary, John MacGregor, told MPs that Union Railways - the company set up to construct the Channel Tunnel link - had concluded that "St Pancras is preferable to King's Cross as the terminus on environmental, operational and commercial grounds".

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